The man who laughed himself to health.

Norman Cousins - (1915 to 1990), longtime editor of the Saturday Review, global peacemaker, receiver of hundreds of awards including the UN Peace Medal and nearly fifty honorary doctorate degrees, overcame a life threatening disease and a massive coronary, each time using his own nutritional and emotional support protocol.

Cousin’s seminal book ”Anatomy of an Illness” details his healing journey overcoming ankylosing spondylitis (a degenerative disease causing the breakdown of collagen). Given up to die within a few months in 1965, almost completely paralyzed, Cousins checked out of the hospital, moved into a hotel room and began taking extremely high doses of vitamin C while exposing himself to a continuous stream of humorous films and similar ”laughing matter”. His condition steadily improved and Cousins regained the use of his limbs until he was able to return to his full-time job at the Saturday Review.

Some more awesome stories of the transformational power of laughter.

I think laughter ought to be part of every medical prescription.

Dr. Paul M. Fleiss – CALIFORNIA.

My friends Mum and Dad were living in an Aged Home at Noosa. They became very depressed as their health deteriorated and so I decided to go to the Age Home and cheer them up with my laughter techniques. I took along my bag of bright mixed colored tutus. The residents put on a tutu (the oldest being 95 yrs) and their eyes lit up with excitement. Dress up has always been good fun. Everyone, including the nursing staff, all joined in with the fun and laughter. Even the men put on tutu’s which really got them all laughing. When the laughter stated…..it became so contagious that everyone came ‘out of the wood work’ to gravitate towards the sounds of laughter. Everyone had wonderful fun, staff included. Les died two weeks later and when they had the wake I was asked to bring along my tutu’s to celebrate her Dad’s life. Everyone celebrated what a great life Les had and rejoiced TO THE CELEBRATION AND APPRECIATION OF LIFE.

Susan Brown – Noosa – Qld. - AUSTRALIA

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This is a few stories from people about how laughter has helped in their lives. You can visit the founder of laughter yoga, Dr Kataria’s website at - www.laughteryoga.org

I had a major surgery for cancer of the ovaries in Year 2001 and my husband also died in 2002. I wqs very depressed and lost interest in life. Never went out to meet people. I joined Laughter Club in Koln, Germany and it has completely changed my life. I met beautiful people who supported me in the laughter club, made me friends. We have a weekly laughter session in the laughter club but I do laughter exercises on my own every morning without fail.

Thank you Dr. Kataria for introducing laughter yoga.

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Laughter has changed me.

Hello, my name is Dale, I am 16. I live on The Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia  and I have something I’d like to share with every one and that is going to stay in my mind for ever. Continue Reading »